Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA
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Services Friday For J. D. Olson; Funeral services were held at Evans Chapel Friday for J. Donald Olson, 52, city treasurer
and civic leader, who died suddenly Wednesday night following a heart attack.. An autopsy performed last Thursday
determined that a heart attack had caused his death. Business establishments closed from 1:45 to 3 p.m. Friday for the
service. Conducting the service was Walter Holtan. pastor of Our Saviour s Lutheran Church. and Rev. Harold Brown of
Seattle, Wash., a cousin. Interment was at Del Puerto Cemetery. Olson was stricken suddenly at his home Wednesday
evening of last week and rushed to Del Puerto Hospital. He was assistant vice president and manager of the American
Trust Co. branch in Patterson from 1955 to 1958 and had been executive bank vice president of the Commercial Bank for
many years. Lately he had been a partner in the Olson-Pace insurance firm. He was director and past president of the
Patterson-Westley Chamber of Commerce, a charter member and past president of the Rotary Club, past president of the
20-30 Club, and a long time member of the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department. He had been city treasurer since 1948.
Surviving are his widow, Marie, of Patterson; two sons, Jon attending Pomona College, and Jay, at C.O.P.; a daughter,
Donna Marie Olson, Patterson High junior; and three brothers, Marion and Dr. Arthur Olson of Patterson and Wyman
Olson of Washington, D.C. Honorary pall bearers were John Delphia, Elmer Fink, Ivan Stewart, Ed Freidel, Sr., Ore
Minniear and Tex Pace. Pall bearers were Ira Hackett, Al McCune, C .C. Bessey, Al Bevis, Henry Harmon and Frank
Reimer.